Support for wall sets



I A. MAZZANOVlCH SUPPORT FOR WALL SETS Filed July '7, 1921 JNVENTOR A/vTo/v MAzzA/vowcH Patented Jan. 27, 1925.

OFFICE.

ANTON MAZZANOVIGH, DE LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

SUPPORT FOR W'ALL SETS.

Application filed July 7,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTON hL-izzANovIoH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Supports for Wall Sets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates generally to stage appliances, and more particularly to a sup port or brace for wall sets, that is, upright frames or panels that are painted to represent the walls and partitions of buildings and the like, the principal objects of my in vention being to provide a relatively simple and practical support that may be easily and cheaply produced, and which will be very effective in use.

A further object of my invention is to provide an improved form of support or brace that may be easily and quickly applied to or removed from an upright frame or panel, thereby greatly facilitating the work of handling stage scenery, and particularly those upright frames or members that occupy vertical positions on the stage, and which represent walls of buildings or like structures.

With the foregoing and other objects in view my invention consists in certain novel features of'construction and arrangement of parts that will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical section taken through an upright frame or panel and showing the same supported by a brace member of my improved construction.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section similar to Fig. 1 and showing a modified form of the support or brace.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the upper end portion of the form of brace that is illustrated in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a portion of a vertical frame or panel and showing the bracket that serves as a point of attachment for the upper end of one form of the brace or support.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the lower end of the support or brace contemplated by my invention.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the upper end of the form of support or brace that is illustrated in Fig. 2.

Referring by numerals to the accompany- 1921. Serial No. 482,997.

ing drawings, and particularly to the form of support or brace illustrated in Figs. 1, 3, 4c and 5, 10 designates an upright frame or panel that forms part of a wall set, said frame or panel including two or more vertically disposed rails 11, a base rail 12, and a top rail 13. The brace or support member contemplated by my invention includes a rail 14:, preferably of wood, having its ends beveled or cut on angular lines so that it may occupy an inclined position between the upright frame or panel and the flooring of the stage, and secured to the lower end of said rail 14 by screws or in any suitable manner are the end portions of a metal strap 15, the intermediate portion of which is bent to form an extension 16 that projects outwardly from the inclined or beveled lower end of the body of the brace. This extension is adapted to lie fiat upon the surface of the stage flooring, and in order that the lower end of thebra-ce member may be secured to the flooring of the stage said extension is provided with one or more apertures 17 that are preferably located immediately adjacent to the lower end of the body of the brace. These apertures are adapted to receive nails or the like that are driven into the floor of the stage when the brace member is set up for use.

The upper end of the brace or support carries a metal strap 18, the intermediate portion of which is bent double to form an upwardly projecting flare 19 in which is formed a relatively large aperture 20, and two or more smaller apertures such as 21.

In order that the upper end of the support or brace may be readily connected to an upright frame or panel I make use of a bracket of the type illustrated in Fig. 4 and which is directly connected to one of the upright members 11 of said frame or panel, said bracket comprising a pair of horizontally disposed lL-shaped members 22 that are secured to the frame member 11 in any suitable manner, and connecting said L-shaped members is a vertically disposed plate 23 from the upper portion of which projects rearwardly a lug When the support or brace member is properly applied for use the aperture 20 in the plate 19 receives the lug 24, and to retain the parts in assembled position a suitable pin or key is inserted through an aperture 25 that is formed in the outer portion of the lug 24.

and Where such construction is en'iployed the intermediate portion of the metal strap that is applied to the upper end of the body of the support or brace is bent to form an inverted L-sha'ped hook 26 that is adapted to engage over the top rail 13 (see Fig. 6.) To retain this hook in position uponthe top rail one ormore pivotally mounted hooks, such as 27, may be arranged on the upper port-ion of the body of the support so as to engage the under side of the top rail 13 when the support is properly applied thereto, said hooks being pressed to engaging positions by suitably located springs 28. Inordcr to detach these spring-pressed -ho0ks 27 when the upper end of the supporting member is removed from the top rail 18 chains 29 are secured to the tree ends of said hooks, and said chains being connected to a single depending chain 30,

and which latter may be manually engaged and pulled downward, thereby releasing said hooks 27 from the rail 13 and consequently permitting the upper end of the support to be readily disengaged from said rail.

A support or brace of my improved construction is comparatively simple, may be easily and cheaply produced, and is very eftee-tire in performing its intended tunetions.

It will be readily understood that minor changes in the size, form and construction oi the rarious parts of my improved supports for Wall sets may be made and substituted for those herein shown and described Without departing from the spirit of my invention. the scope of which is set forth in the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A support for wall sets comprising a rail having beveled ends, straps formed to embrace the opposite edges oi the rail and the beveled ends, and perforated extensions formed on the straps and disposed in the plane of the beveled ends.

A support tor wall sets comprising a rail having beveled ends, straps covering the ends of the rail and having perforated extensions disposed in the planes of the beveled ends.

3. i\ strap for rail ends co nprisin; a piece of metal bent to form parallel portions. an intermediate portion disposed at an acute angle with respect to one parallel portion and at an obtuse angle with respect to the other parallel portion. and an extension projecting from the intermediate portion and one of the parallel portions.

4. A. strap formed from a single length of metal bent to provide parallel portions, an intermuliate portion mounted on the parallel portion atone end. and an extension constituting a continuation of the intermediate portion and bent upon itself for connection with one of the parallel portions.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

ANTON MAZZANOVIC l-l. 

